Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:35:07 -0700
From: Eros Publishing
Subject: Press Release
PRESS RELEASE
RUN BY AUGUST 14, 1998
For immediate release
Contact: Julee Pate, Seattle Commission for Sexual
Minorities 206.684.4500, Julee.Pate@ci.seattle.wa.us or
scsm@ci.seattle.wa.us
SEATTLE- In order to encourage convenient participation by community
members, the City of Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities will hold its
August meeting at Seattle Central Community College. The meeting will be
held at 6:30 PM on Thursday, August 20 in Room 4106 of Seattle Central
Community College, 1701 Broadway (Broadway and Pine St).
"All commission meetings are open to the public, but this will be an
especially good opportunity for community members to see the commission
inaction as we address issues of importance to sexual minorities in
Seattle," says Ken Shulman, Commission co-chair.
The agenda will address current projects of the Commission, including the
Commission's five budget recommendations to the Mayor's office
addressing city-wide hepatitis immunization for men who have sex with men,
Fire Department diversity, lesbian healthcare, Seattle City Library
acquisitions, health care provider sensitivity training, and the upcoming
same-sex domestic violence symposium co-sponsored by the Commission. The
Commission will also discuss revision of City fair employment and housing
laws for the right to sue based on sexual orientation-based discrimination.
For up to date reports on these and other projects and to review the agenda
when it is made available, community members may visit the Commission's web
site at http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/scsm.
The Commission is enabled by Seattle ordinance to recommend legislation,
policy, and programs to the mayor, city council and City department heads
on issues it deems to be of importance to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgendered communities of Seattle. Seattle's domestic partnership
registration law, mandatory sexual-minority awareness training for all
police officers, funding for the lesbian health clinic and anti-harassment
efforts in the Seattle Public Schools are among the commission's many
accomplishments. The Commission was formerly known as the "Seattle
Commission for Lesbians and Gays."
The Commission may be e-mailed at scsm@ci.seattle.wa.us, or telephoned at
206-684-4500. Questions, comments, and other feedback are also welecomed.
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